School Farms - Productivity

Referring to harvest results, particularly bad ones maybe 

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Request to Purchase 1000 Bushels of Potatoes in 1900
October 9, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 1000 bushels of potatoes due to drought causing a decrease in the yield of potatoes at the school farm.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Request for Emergency Authorization to Purchase Forage Supplies
December 11, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that due to the poor harvest of forage supplies including hay, corn, oats, and wheat that the supplies at the Carlisle Indian School are extremely low. As a result, he requests emergency authorization to purchase forage supplies on the open market.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Allen Requests Authority to Purchase Potatoes on the Open Market
October 2, 1903

Edgar A. Allen requests authority to purchase $500 of potatoes on the open market for students. Allen notes that this request is necessary due to the failure of the crop at the school farm.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Farm Production for 1903
March 12, 1904

Richard Henry Pratt provides a report detailing agriculture production at the Carlisle Indian School during 1903.

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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Recommendation to not renew Lease of Alexander Tract
March 2, 1908

Supervisor in Charge Charles H. Dickson agrees that the school does not need to renew their lease of the Alexander tract when it expires on June 30 because the students do not use it for play or for drills. Dickson argues against cancelling the lease immediately because the school can harvest "15 to 20 tons of hay before June 30."

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed transcript of testimony
February 7, 1914

The typed transcript of C. K. Ballard's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Ballard was the assistant farmer at the school.

In his testimony Ballard answers questions about his role as second farmer and his opinions about what crops would be most productive on the land he works.

In the…

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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed transcript of testimony
February 7, 1914

The typed transcript of William B. Gray's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Gray was working as a farmer at the school.

In his testimony Gray answers questions about his work on one of the farms that served Carlisle at the time. He discusses what is grown on the farm, students' role in the…

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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
Blueprints of Two School Farms and Inventory of School's Livestock
May 5, 1916 - May 20, 1916

Carlisle Indian School Agriculture Teacher Leo Marks forwards maps or blueprints of both school farms and provides an inventory of the school's livestock. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells thanks Marks' for his maps, inventory, and his farming knowledge. 

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Blueprints/Architectural Drawings, Letters/Correspondence, Maps
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National Archives and Records Administration